When I add a new article, I went to my watch page, and it had this number, (+number). What is this for, and what does it mean?¿?
MaddiekateMaddiekate
Adding my link
Hi, I have a website on football player websites. I edited some player pages and added my website to it. I am not commercial, and operating on my own! For each player i have a link to a wiki site, if there is one in English for that player. Please let me know if you allow me to continue or not?
Whether you're commercial is irrelevant. Non-commercial links can still be spam. Please read WP:EL and WP:SPAM and discuss things before adding any links. If other editors find your site useful, your links will stay, otherwise they don't. - Mgm|(talk)08:37, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The only images that you can use on Wikipedia are those uploaded to Wikipedia itself and those available on the Wikimedia Commons, so you can't display offsite images here. --ais523 14:52, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
Template:Fact question
Hi...I am new to Wikipedia and made a few mistakes, but am learning fast. I tried to tag a contributor's text which needed a citation and so I typed bracketbracketfactbracketbracket but what I got was "Template:Fact" instead of the usual "citation needed" link. The text I was editing was in the "Summary" section of an image page. Is there something else that can be done to get the fact template to work on that page? The image is the topmost wikimedia commons image on the page for leprosy. The fact template works on other image pages, why doesn't it work for this one? Image:Leprosy.jpg Thanks Cabinet of Art and Medicine19:59, 2 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The image in question is on Wikimedia Commons, which is a separate wiki from Wikipedia. Wikimedia Commons doesn't have a template named {{fact}}, so that's why it's not working.
FYI, if you need to display something like the {{fact}} template without it being interpreted by the wiki software, you can surround it with <nowiki> tags, like this:
Short answer is no, I don't think it is possible under any circumstances (okay, maybe if the page is deleted). As for why, probably to track down vandalism, or for legal reasons or something like that. --LuigiManiac03:14, 3 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Administrators can perform deletions and bureaucrats can remove an edit so even admins can't see it, but unless an article meets the criteria in the Wikipedia:Deletion policy, it can't be deleted and only deleting the history while keeping the article violates various legal rules. - Mgm|(talk)08:25, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Help trying to show notability of article
I'm interested in an article that has got the notability tag and I'm trying to improve it to show it conform to the policy, but I'm a complete newbie and the editors adding the notability tag have not helped in determining if I'm walking in the right direction.
Is possible to get some help here?
Article in question is I Ain't Been Shot, Mum!, and you may look at the Talk page to see what I've been trying to do.
Thanks in advance,
(If this is not the place to ask this question, just let me know)
Hi
I i;m new to this and I was editng some images for a page and uploed incorect bversions by acident, is there a way I can replace the old images? I tried re uploading with the same name it it gives me an error telling me I need to change the file name. Any help.
Thanks.
23:31, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
Nila Banton Smith (1889-1976) wrote a doctoral dissertation at Columbia University titled "An Historical Analysis of American Reading Instruction." In 1934 it was published by Silver Burdett as Italic textAmerican Reading Instruction.Italic text The book is still in print. A special edition was issued in 2002 by the International Reading Association. This book is a key source for those who specialize in the teaching of reading in the U.S.
How can I delete an entire page, as in, get rid of all existence of a page? There is a disambiguation page for the search topic "Thousand Oaks" but it contains only two possible search results and one of them does not have an existing page. I constantly view and edit the other existing page, and I would like being able to directly go to the page instead of the useless disambiguation. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Simdictator (talk • contribs).
Yes, you are right. I have restored the disambiguation for now, please read the following explanation and decide what to do with the page.
Disambiguations exist because there is a need to disambiguate a meaning. When there is only one article, you can either move the existing article to the disambiguation page, or redirect the disambiguation page to the existing article. Since the disambiguation page has a "history" (the page got some edits before), you cannot move it, so you will have to request a move at Wikipedia:Requested moves. See the instructions there and follow them in order to request a move.
The second is to create a redirect to the existing meaning. You do this by blanking the page, and adding the text #REDIRECT [[Thousand Oaks, California]] (don't put the nowiki's!). You can check Thousand Oaks, CA to see how it is done. This way, anytime someone types "Thousands Oaks" he will reach to the article.
Finally, a disambiguation page with only one article linked qualifies for speedy deletion. You can tag it with {{db-g6}}. After the article is deleted, if the administrator did not do that, you can either move the article from Thousand Oaks, California to there, or create a redirect again. -- ReyBrujo05:42, 5 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The more specific tag would be {{db-disambig}} --ais523 11:12, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
Since it was such an obvious speedy delete, I've deleted the disambiguation and redirected it to Thousand Oaks, California. (By the way, if you constantly edited the other page, you could've avoided the disambiguation by typing the correct full title to begin with...) - Mgm|(talk)12:01, 5 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Entry for "Koo"
I have a new topic definition for Koo.
There is presently a definition for Kōō, with the symbols over the o's. That definition uses Koo, without symbols, as a redirect. The authors of Kōō decided long ago, based on their history log, that they were moving from Koo to Kōō
So, I want a Koo page, no symbols, but still let the Kōō definition either redirect from it or add to my page, because I don't really think people actually enter in Kōō and don't want to ruin their redirect.
I created that redirect. My suggestion is to make Koo into a disambiguation page. Create your Koo article with some kind of suffix that is appropriate like Koo (suffix). Then, edit the newly created disambiguation page Koo and put links to your new Koo article and also the Kōō article. Then, put the {{Otheruses}} template on each of the Koo articles pointing it to the disambiguation page Koo. This way readers going to Koo will conveniently get a list of possible articles to choose from while maintaining usability. Bendono04:48, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
How do I edit the bullets in a hyper link??
I am probably nust missing something, but I just can't figure it out. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ziggyfirst (talk • contribs).
To create a bullet, you usually use the * at the beginning of the line, like:
Is there such a thing as a horizontal toc? I've looked a lot of places now - and I can't seem to find one, but I figure if anyone knew you guys would. One problem is I can't do this like a css type of thing - any user that comes has to see it horizontally. I was hoping for something like this (with less space in between words):
Table of Contents
Welcome to Wikipedia!
Great Job on your First edit!
Can I have your Opinion
Your first barnstar
You have been elected to an admin position
You have been elected to the Jimbo position
WHAT WERE YOU THINKING? WE'RE RUINED!
Thanks to you I won't ever let people edit MY wiki again - Jimbo
If you mean in your signature thango to "my prefrences" (next your watchlist), check "raw signatures," and insert Mr. Matte. Then click "save." Note that this will only apply to new pages you sign, your old signature will remain as-is. --YbborTalkSurvey!13:40, 7 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'm hardly new here, but I was wondering what Wikipedia's official stance is regarding the differing spellings (program- programme, ised- ized, etc.) on articles. 68.55.111.21423:27, 7 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, and welcome! I'm pretty sure the general consensus depends on the article. Usually the spelling is how the article was originally created- for example, Uluru is in Australian english. For more information, have a look at this page which is the exact guideline on what to do, and can probably explain it better than I can. Remember, the article needs to be consistent in how it's written. Hope that helped you- CattleGirl talk | sign!02:34, 8 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
What is ok for me to edit and what is not ok for me to edit? And additionally, is there anything that I should know that is an "unwritten rule" that people generally follow when editing?Trevbork22:06, 8 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hey Trevbork, first of all, welcome to Wikipedia! You're free to edit almost everything. You are encouraged to be bold. There are a few pages that will be protected from editing (and many of these will become available after you are an active editor for a couple of days) but the vast majority of articles, template, user pages, are all open to edit. There are certain editing guidelines that you can check out here. Happy editing! --Valley2city₪‽22:15, 8 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Since you're new I recommend you don't edit articles on controversial subjects. It's easy to get into rows over those and Wikipedia should be an enjoyable experience. Also, read as much of the policies and guidelines as you can in one go, or look up the ones that become relevant as you go along. - Mgm|(talk)09:23, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
ABOUT THE WORD POLAPAIN
Hi
i want to add a page on Polapain which is a Bengali word for teens
to add more search variations to it, i want to also add the site tht relates to it. SO can i do that?
it says that the page is in speedy delete list
thnx
Rafin leo04:23, 9 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No, you can't. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a place to promote your website. Also, this is the English Wikipedia, so all topics are in English. You may want to check out the Bengali Wikipedia if you want to add stuff in Bengali. —PurpleRAIN19:19, 9 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Material titled "The Bunker" has been moved from here to a temporary author's sandbox page. It appears to have been an editting error, mistaking this section for a Sandbox.Pete St.John18:44, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Radio waves are a form of electromagnetic radiation, such as visible light, ultraviolet light (UV) and microwaves amongst others. The only difference between radio waves and other forms of EMR is the wavelength. - Akamad15:22, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This astonishes me; that someone could type the phrase "electromagnetic radiation" but not know the difference between radio waves (received by antenna on radio) and sound waves (transmitted by speakers on radio). And then ask about it by browsing to this page, from that one, and editting a section. I'm thinkin a very bright, but very young, kid? Pete St.John18:26, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
A software- manual to write wiki articles easily
I don't know whether I am asking too much but is there a software I can download which makes FORMATTING, EDITING writng 'new' articles easy? Something like Adobe or MS Word? some free sofware...??--59.182.32.17816:22, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well, if you use Firefox there's an extension you can get that adds some buttons, but I didn't find it that useful (you would go to tools, extensions, get more extensions, and do a search for "wikipedia"). You could also check out User:MarkS/Extra edit buttons (you would have to create an account). Let me know by leaving me a message on my talk page if you have more questions about this or need anything else. delldottalk17:23, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
University of Chicago
Hi! There is a an image of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, which is copyirghted to University of Chicago. Is there any one here who knows someone studying/working/in contact with University of Chicago? OR Is there any one here who can give me the email address where I may contact? The website lists no email address.--Scheibenzahl20:34, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I apologize. It occurred to me you meant you could not find email contacts at Chicago's site, and indeed, it was not easy to find anything appropriate. I sugggest you send email to one of the addresses given at the Office of Community Affairs and ask them where you should direct your enquiry about requesting use of copyrighted material for a non-profit purpose. Good luck! Pete St.John22:23, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Replica Spitfire on the site of the old Thornaby Airfield
Sirs, towards the end of your pages on the Spitfire aircraft where you state that a replica has been put on show, I have a photograph that I have taken that you could use in your comments, How do I get the picture illustrated on this Wikipedia topic.
First read this page to understand the process, then you cna upload the image from your computer using Special:Upload. Then add the image to the article, following the process here for full details. If you have any further questions, ask on the help desk (responses are quicker there) or on my talk page. Mr.Z-mantalk¢18:41, 11 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Are we allowed to create a user page, I used to have a different account butt got a lot of flak on my talk page because I made a bio thing and I got yapped at for it can u please give me a hand, like where do i out it? what can I talk about , etc? Thanks A Bunch — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sandbrgcatholic2728 (talk • contribs)
If you want to be critiqued by other wikipedians? Say I want to know how i'm doing, or if I should change the way I make my edits, pages, etc. where should I go to ask people? Thanks, Erythromycin20:04, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
how do i insert a table such as this one on the right of the following article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BET. also, how do i create a contents box with the links to click to go directly to the info under the heading
i've tried every button above the edit box-someone help please
I searched wikapedia to try to find information on the name of an artist named - Salvador Cabrera ... and i get a name of salvador cabrera ?????? ... so i went to search around Google , and come up with the following... and would like to learn how to get it entered??
<removed copyrighted material>
THANKS
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate your contributions, but for legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted.
Feel free to re-submit a new version of the article. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words.
If the external website belongs to you, and you want to allow Wikipedia to use the text — which means allowing other people to modify it — then you must include on the external site the statement "I, (name), am the author of this article, (article name), and I release its content under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 and later."
i uploaded a picture to place in the infobox, however, only the file extention appears and not the picture itself.how do i make sure that the actual image appears?
I was just wondering what happens if I write an article for wikipedia and I decide later to publish it, or something very close to it, as part of a book for commercial purposes? Furthermore, can anyone copy any article for any reason? I didn't quite understand the GNU explantation?CindyBo00:15, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I read it again and if I understand it correctly, the author of the article holds the original copyright and may reuse their material as they like but may never revoke the GNU licence that they gave wikipedia to use it when they created the article here to begin with. Right?CindyBo07:34, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
My article about was tagged for speedy deletion. How can I change it to be an acceptable wiki entry? The page was on Wilderness Inquiry and was modeled after wikipedia pages about similar nonprofit organizations like YMCA Camp Menogyn and Outward Bound. How did my entry differ from those?
thanks.
Wilderness Inquiry22:01, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
From your description, it sounds like there was a notability problem. Wikipedia articles have to have information that can be verified by reliable sources, and if this organization hasn't been written about by independent sources, the information is impossible to verify and the article gets deleted. You should read WP:ORG for the notability guidelines for organizations, decide whether this organization fits those guidelines, and if it does, go to deletion review with your sources and request that the deletion be reversed. -FisherQueen (Talk) 22:09, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I just added a short article to test the system. It showed up for a few minutes and it was deleted a minute later. Why? How can I make it permanent? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Alrezaei (talk • contribs).
You just said it was a test page. Test pages are usually deleted unless they are notable and have sources, etc.--$UIT05:30, 18 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Some one or two people have repeatedly deleted my last paragraph. I've replaced it again a few moments ago. I haven't written an entire section before -- I've only done a little proofreading on a few articles when I noticed an obvious grammar or usage error.
Can you have a look at the discuss associated with this section? Do you think I am off-base (baseball metaphor!). I care about the topic, but don't want to keep replacing what I feel is vandalism, i.e. changes without sound reasoning behind them. Heybai
The paragraph that you wrote was rejected because of original research. At least one of the deleters have added their reason in the edit history summary. It looks like an opinion or interpretation that you created yourself. If you can provide a reference that others have published this idea before you put it in wikipedia then it couls justify the inclusion of your paragraph. The text about forever-unknown looks like pure speculation.
Please read WP:NPOV and WP:NOR. Your edits such as this one seem to violate both policies. Wikipedia isn't a soapbox (see WP:NOT), which means that a biography of Jackie Robinson should keep to the facts about him, with a bit of context (ideally, providing wikilinks to other articles which have more details). Describing in detail racism in the U.S. in 1944 i nthe JR article isn't appropriate. -- John Broughton(♫♫)23:07, 22 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
What's the point?
If this is a place where everyone contributes
Editing of this article by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled. If you are prevented from editing this article, and you wish to make a change, please discuss changes on the talk page, request unprotection, log in, or create an account.
What is the point? Creating a username and giving you personal information may not allow me to take part.
I'm new at this and this is my first visit, it just seems stupid to have to "log in" to do something you won't be allowed to do anyway.
Tony
Please sign your posts. You're subject to what you might call the "four day rule", which means that your account must be four days old before certain actions can be performed. These include moving pages (to rename them) and editing semi-protected pages. Semi-protection is one of the measures at Wikipedia's disposal when dealing with particularly heavy and systematic vandalism or a particularly controversial edit war. It is applied only very judiciously, for obvious reasons. If you would like further information about Wikipedia's policies, guidelines, editing methods, or sources of help and advice, post a message for me. AdrianM. H.21:59, 18 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Also, registering an account does not require you to give any personal information and suggesting edits for a protected article can be done without logging in, assuming the talk page you need to do this already exists. - Mgm|(talk)11:17, 19 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hello
i am ayurvedic doctor. i want to do businees management course. In that there are many specialization like Operation management, Project management, Bussiness Administration. in that i am confuse that which specialised subject i choose for my better future.
vdkam
You'll need to find a place to keep the userbox. For example, you can have it as a subpage of your own userpage (User:Elderleo/userboxname), or your can keep it at User:UBX/userboxname. (See User:UBX for more details on that.
Then you can just use this template to create it:
{{subst:Userbox
|id = id text or image
|id-c = id background color
|id-fc = id font color
|id-s = id text size
|id-p = id cell padding space
|id-lh = id line height
|id-op = id other parameter (CSS)
|info = info text
|info-c = info background color
|info-fc = info font color
|info-s = info text size
|info-p = info padding (distance between cell contents & cell border)
|info-lh = info line height (or distance in between text lines)
|info-op = info other (CSS) parameter(s)
|border-c = box color
|border-s = border width in pixels
}}
Not sure this is the right platform but i use Windows XP at work and Mozilla Firefox at home. What do I need to do to configure Firefox to allow Wikipedia and all the tools through, the same as windows? Edmund Patrick06:55, 20 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
apologies: wikipedia within Firefox has to date and as far as i am aware; no images - ½ the links are blanked out or shown as a link with no information. for example: main page : in internet explorer there is an image of Lincoln etc in the featured picture. In Firefox . I have the text Pinkerton, Lincoln and McClernand which is an active link to the information page about the image; but there is no image.
Edmund Patrick08:12, 20 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
assistance no longer needed. in case any one else has the same problem I neded to go into the config of Firefox and change the value of the image permissions. Thanks to all. Edmund Patrick09:22, 20 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
credibility of materials
I am criting a paper and need to make sure that all materials received are credible. By using Wikipedia am I gonna get this?
Thank you Janice Mueller
You can't be sure. Mistakes are made in Wikipedia and not always corrected. So you'll have to check references and sources to make sure that everything is correct. And - please edit if you find a mistake! Lova Falk19:40, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
PS On the other hand, many times Wikipedia has more updated and more elaborated information than I can find in the internet encyclopedia that I pay for... Lova Falk19:43, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
A couple questions
1) For AfD's, does it make any difference if I put Keep vs. Strong Keep, or is Strong Keep just the same as Keep?
It depends on each person's perspective, personally I think it does. As an AfD isn't a vote poll, the value of your opinion is based on the strength of your argument, adding the adjectives "strong/weak" doesn't hurt. A "weak" !vote means the person is not absolutely sure and may change his or her mind later. However a "strong keep" in only worthy when it goes along with a persuasive argument. :). I'm sure others may have different ideas, I think this essay is rather interesting to read. Remember it's also another personal view. PeaceNT05:30, 22 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
2) Is there any limit to how many articles a user can nominate for ProD, AfD, and Speedy in a certain period of time? Thanks for the help!SuperDT01:32, 22 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
But if their nominations start to suffer from rushed or faulty reasoning, they should definitely consider slowing down. - Mgm|(talk)10:14, 24 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I want to look up a couple of (English) words in the dictionary. It couldn't be more Mickey Mouse but I can't work out how to do it. 10:19, 24 April 2007 (UTC)Martin Tucker
I created the page for the French, electropop band called Mademoiselle. That group has an album titled Black Sun however as you can see when I put a link to [[Black Sun (album)|Black Sun]] it links to another album of the same name by a group called Primal Fear. How do I resolve this?
The best way to start is to make a new page for the Mademoiselle album, called Black Sun (Mademoiselle album), and use that in the Mademoiselle article.
I don't think so; the alignment is implicit in the way that the template is coded. --ais523 17:06, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
Width of editing and dif pages too wide
When I go to the dif screen or the editing screen, the text on the page becomes wide and goes off the page, so that you have to use a scroll bar to find the remaining text. How can I get rid of the scroll bar and put all the text on one page with only a vertical scroll bar? Christopher Connor17:07, 2 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
What article are you referring to and what is your desktop size? This kind of thing often happens with diffs when someone used faulty coding, but the edit screen is supposed to adapt to the size of your window. - Mgm|(talk)08:35, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It also happens to me, a lot of the time. For example, in ADHD history, when I compare the last version of Andrewudstraw ("Causes...") with the one of Scuro ("no citation provided..."). It makes comparing unnecessarily complicated. I have the same desktop size as Christopher Conor. Lova Falk19:27, 25 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know about the diffs, but you can adjust the size of the edit box on your preferences page under the Editing tab. You can manually set the height/width, and there are a couple of other options like "make edit box full width." Try playing around with those. —PurpleRAIN19:29, 25 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It seems some Wikipedia pages appear in internet searches and some do not. Is there soemthing that has to be added to new pages to make them appear on internet searches?
IE I created a page called Stoney creek girls hockey but it does not come up in an internet search (outside Wikipedia). What did I do wrong?
M999j20:55, 25 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You have to wait a while for Google to re-index the Wikipedia database. It's like looking through a store to see what they have in stock; if they add something in between your scans, you won't know about it until you go take another look. Veinor(talk to me)20:59, 25 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You should first read and understand the notability guideline. The subject should at least meet the basic test: "A topic is notable if it has been the subject of non-trivial coverage in multiple reliable secondary sources that are independent of the subject." The article should also explain why the subject is notable. Here are a few links to the right that may interest you; for further help, Wikipedia has some "newcomer's" advice on starting a new article. +A.0u01:32, 26 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Having read the message and verified several times that no additional ones have been posted since then, how do I get this "you have new messages" thing to stop popping up on every page I try to view?
Repeatedly. That's what I meant by "read the message"; perhaps I should have been clearer.
It's a known bug in the software (see bugzilla:9213). After a few hours or days, it's likely to go away again. I don't know what's causing it. (Creating an account is a known workaround, which is possibly why it hasn't been fixed sooner, but of course this is not compulsory.) --ais523 13:09, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
I was simply wondering what the (+958) meant in my watchlist. I'm rather curious.
If you don't mind, I would prefer a response on my talk page.
Thanks! Besseme07:05, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
ahhhhhhhhhhh. i was about to ask the same question. i thought it was like credibility points or somthing. lose them for vandalizing gain them for helping. --Crazydjman03:13, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Editors without an account
I wonder if once upon a time there has been a discussion on Wikipedia if people without an account can edit, and apparently it was decided that they can. If that is so, could somebody tell me why? I'm asking, because when I fight vandalism, nine out of ten (at least) vandalizing edits are "signed" by ip-numbers. I usually leave a warning template on their talk page, but I doubt if they look at it, or even know it's there. So why not ask everybody who wants to edit to create an account? I predict there would be less vandalism this way. Lova Falk08:38, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, there would be less vandalism, but there would also be less editing, less copyediting, and less content in general. Wikipedia has succeeded as a project largely because of its radical openness -- some estimates suggest that the majority of content is actually produced by anonymous editors (not to mention the large number of current users who started out anon). Believe it or not, this is one of the few foundation-level issues (along with things like neutral point of view or free licensing. You may be interested in the results from groups like WikiProject Vandalism studies. Drive-by editors are at once a significant problem and a significant benefit. Granted, there's a significant (and perhaps growing?) number of editors who feel as you do. Hope that answers some of your question. :) – Luna Santin (talk)08:44, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! It makes sense. I was really surprised to read that the majority of content is produced by anonymous editors. Lova Falk08:56, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It looks like you got to a good start. I probably don't know the subject as well as you do, but the introduction could be expanded. Instead of merely saying that she is "a model, actress, and celebrity", her achievements (what she did during her career) could also be more greatly discussed. For further help, Wikipedia:Manual of Style (biographies) is a useful guide. I did an internet search, but there doesn't seem to be many reliable sources... +A.0u01:46, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Question about search
The articles I've written don't appear in the results when I do an Internet search. I know that the server has to be updated, but the FAQ says that it should only take 31 hours. I wrote the earlist article in February. Is there a tag that I neglected to add? Please post the answer on my talk page.
Jahunta0700:58, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It takes time for a search engine to find the page and add it to its database. Usually, there shouldn't be a long time; I had new articles added to Google within a week or less. Which article are you referring to? You might or might not see the article in a search results page depending on the exact search term(s). +A.0u01:21, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
How to... create a new page
Dear Wikipedia people,
How can I create a page on something new? I can't figure out where to go to create a new page. Please respond.
One of the admins wrote a message on my Talk page, asking me not to make "cross-space redirects." I have not heard of this term before; what does it mean?
For reference, I made the page "Candidates for speedy deletion" move to "Category:Candidates for speedy deletion."
Well the "space" refers to "namespace" - the Wikipedia:, Template:, User: namespaces, for example. When something doesn't have a prefix (like your Candidates for speedy deletion page, then it's in the article namespace. Things in the article namespace shouldn't redirect to something in a different namespace. As a basic example, my username is Tomtheman5. I should not create and article Tomtheman5, and redirect it to User:Tomtheman5. See When should we delete a redirect? (#5) for more info. Hope this helps! tiZom(2¢)16:19, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You created a userpage, which is used to contain information about you and your editing activity on Wikipedia (see my userpage for an example of the sort of information a userpage would contain). However, it seems to have been deleted as spam; see the speedy deletion criteria and the guidelines about spam. Articles about companies should be submitted to article space (see Help:Starting a new page for instructions), but you should probably wait until someone else writes an article about your company; when you have a conflict of interest, it's very hard to write neutrally, and articles that appear to be advertising will be deleted (Wikipedia is an encylopedia, not a web directory). The notablity of the company also needs to be established, using reliable sources to verify its content. Hope that helps! --ais523 09:09, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
Helpme
answer.com pulls information from this site... when will it be updated with new copy from wiki entry. If it does not update... is there a way to update answer.com ???? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Wbh011 (talk • contribs) 19:57, 30 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]
I would imagine that it updates when the webmasters of Answers.com want it to do so; as to when that is, you would have to contact Answers.com. In my experience, it appears to be some degree slower than the search engines. AdrianM. H.21:26, 30 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Edit Does not appear on page
I have just tried making my first edit on Wikipedia. The page I am working on is a stub and I tried to add multiple new sections to the entry. Only one section appeared and nothing following it showed up. I'm not sure what I did wrong. Any help? Lucia Luna22:32, 1 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well, sometimes the Wikipedia servers can be down and have it messed sometimes, this could be the problem.I suggest typing it again and see how it goes.If something goes wrong, then you may have a problem sometimes with your account....usually.--Trampton07:11, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Have a look at the article's history (click on the 'history' tab on the article). It seems that a bot thinks you were vandalising and reverted you. You might want to ask the bot's owner why (click on the bot's username in the history list to find out its details). --ais523 08:20, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
Merging contributions now that I have a user account
I made several edits and contributions before obtaining a wikipedia account. Is there any way to change the information on my contributions so that rather than the IP addresses I've used, I can see my user name there? Thanks.Jgstokes22:18, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Unfortunately, to do that you'd have the to tinker with the mediawiki database to merge contributions with your user name and even then it might cause problems. Your best bet is just to make note of the IP you contributed from and put it some you can find easily. —Mitaphane?|!23:32, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
How do I accomodate multiple search terms?
I wrote the article Chaubisi Rajya. I want readers searching "Chaubisi" to go directly there as well, at least while there's no article titled "Chaubisis" (it's unlikely there ever will be). So how do I set this up in the article itself? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by LADave (talk • contribs) 23:13, 2 May 2007 (UTC).[reply]
Dear Sirs,
I tried to edit Nanotechnology Education to add the MSc/PhD program at the RBNI Technion, Israel. My edit was deleted. You are kindly requested to reconsider, since this program definitely belongs on a page listing nano education.
Yours,
Zvi Peretz Cohen
Any other resources on Creating a Mediawiki Website
I've started creating one and I'm still scratching my head. I've got little background in webdesign. I've used FrontPage to do several amateurish pages, and I've used DotNetNuke on two of my websites.
I thought about creating a wiki for a website I run for a group of like minded individuals.
I want to require that members have to register with data about themselves.
I want to add a paypal or similar program to possibly charge a fee to pay for the site.
I want to have most of the wiki pages blocked from the public so that my users know their work is kept in private place.
I want my members to upload particular files and data to share with others in an orderly fashion.
If I am out of my league, can you point me to a tutorial website that covers these and other things? Or perhaps a developer that can do this for me?
The MediaWiki website has a page on how to install MediaWiki. Though not terrible difficult to set up, it does require some knowledge of MySQL or PostgreSQL to create a database to install mediawiki on (and a knowledge of PHP if you want to do some more customization). There's also the article Comparison of wiki software to see what other options you might have. I've set up a MediaWiki site before and I've found it not too difficult, if you need any help feel free to ask. —Mitaphane?|!03:48, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Does Hillsborough have a small claims court
I am interested in finding out to file a small claim case against a furniture store located on route 206 near Pathmart, Homegoods, Kohls.
Could you tell me what court house I would apply for a small claim.
How do you start to make a new page for Wikipedia? I'm very confused and the FAQ or anything isn't helping. Help would be appreciated in step by step instructions. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Danloe555 (talk • contribs) 02:13, 4 May 2007 (UTC).[reply]
This pretty much explains it has simple as possible:
Type in the name of the new page in search bar and hit "Go"
If the page doesn't already exist there should be a red link that says create this page, click it.
After clicking a new page will popup with and edit window. Add the text you want then hit "Save Page". Congrats, you've created a new page
dear sir
i am an MBA student and i would like to do my grand project with your organization.In my 3rd semester i'll be having Marketing and Human resourse as my subjects.so as for my information i would like to now that you are having a separate human resourse department or not. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Siddharth vaid (talk • contribs) 16:32, 4 May 2007 (UTC).[reply]
Er.... right. Wikipedia is an almost entirely volunteer-run website – by us, the editors. A small paid staff is responsible for maintaining the server system, There is no marketing department – it hardly needs one – and no HR department. By the way, don't take this the wrong way, but you will have to improve your spelling and typing if you want to impress potential employers upon first contact. AdrianM. H.19:18, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It's a general suggestion that one should try to improve an article first before proposing deletion (which should be a very last resort). I think the current title is fine, unless you have a better one? +A.0u03:51, 5 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Biographies
Simone BENMUSSA
Simone Benmussa, French director, is active in Paris and abroad as director and playwright. Working during a long time with the Renaud-Barrault Company, she has adapted, directed and designed in particular: "The Singular life of Albert Nobbs", based on a story by George Moore. "Virginia" by Edna O'Brien, based on texts by Virginia Woolf. "Camera Oscura", based on texts by Gertrude Stein. She also directed "Portrait of Dora" by Hélène Cixous and a play based on "Enfance" by Nathalie Sarraute. In London Simone Benmussa directed "Albert Nobbs" with Susannah York in the lead part, and in New York with Glenn Close (at the Manhattan Theatre Club). She also directed in English in London "Portrait of Dora" by Hélène Cixous after Freud, "Appearences" after Henry James, "The Revolt" by Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (with Susan Hampshire), "The Human Voice" by Jean Cocteau (with Susannah York), "Happy days" by Samuel Beckett with Angela Pleasence. A New York production of "Childhood" with Glenn Close in the lead part and "For no good reason" by Nathalie Sarraute in New York, Paris and Barcelona. etc.etc. She founded her own Company "Espace Théâtral" which created "Freshwater" vy Virginia Woolf (with Eugène Ionesco, Nathalie Sarraute, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Jean-Paul Aron, Joyce Mansour, erika Kralik etc). - A frequent writer on theatre, she has authored a biography on Ionesco, a novel "Le Prince répète le Prince" (Ed. du Seuil), "Conversations avec Nathalie Sarraute" (Ed. La Manufacture), "Benmussa directs" (London, John Calder Publishers), the "Cahiers Renaud-Barrault". - She has directed a film on and with Nathalie Sarraute, Juliet Berto and Erika Kralik that was selected for the Cannes Film Festival in 1978. The majority of her adaptations have been published in France, in Japan and in China. - Also exhibitions at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs (1978) and the Musée Carnavalet (about Callas, 1979 and Mozart, 1992) in Paris and she directed a ballet on the paintings of Paul Jenkins for the Opéra de Paris (Salle Favart). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.123.96.2 (talk) 08:00, 5 May 2007 (UTC).[reply]
Why doesn't new page show as a search result on Google?
Hello,
Just built a page today for the first time and was wondering when it will show on Google. I typed the exact page name into Google and nothing happened. I expect folks to search using Google, and then going to Wikipedia. Thanks in advance! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tocsese (talk • contribs) 10:23, 5 May 2007 (UTC).[reply]
While gathering information for a research paper I found an inappropriate comment in the article on Hepatitis B. Under "Treatment", at the very bottom of the section, the last sentence has no relevance to the article and is offensive to the person mentioned. In the course of trying to edit the section, however, I could not remove that line. It was not listed in the HTML version of the text. Any ideas on how to correct the article?
Sorry, but I don't see any offensive information on the article.If you see it, please try removing it again.Thank you.--Trampton04:57, 6 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I would like to 'save' the pictures i added to an article.
I got the information that they otherwise might be destroyed.
How to do that? It is totally unclear to me how to ad the necessary information about copyright-permission to the pics, once they are allready put into the article.
I got permission of the maker and can give you his site where i took them from.
With regards —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Chastityslave (talk • contribs) 20:09, 6 May 2007 (UTC).[reply]
Images must be correctly licensed, for obvious legal reasons. See WP:IUP, which sets out the key requirements, and WP:ICT, which describes the tags. With regard to "saving", you presumably have a local copy, since you uploaded them. Otherwise, save them as you would any other internet-sourced image. AdrianM. H.21:08, 6 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Documentary and Feature Filmmaker, late 1960's into 1970's. Famous for documenting attack on Cambodian Village of Akec Le Fap by U.S. Troops. Went on to write and direct series of horror films calumniating in 1976 with the cult film: "Eden: Hell On Earth" which was never released by the filmmaker. Currently living in Arizona. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Scottwee (talk • contribs) 21:53, 6 May 2007 (UTC).[reply]
I attempted to improve the 'books' section of the entry on 'Time-binding' by doing a copy and paste from an MSWord draft on my Mac.
Most of the text came out in bold, except for a few words, 'do' and 'are' that I Intended as bold. I also intended 'niche' to come out as italic.
I also wanted the three titles in italic. Clearly, as a newbie, I don't understand how to get the type effects I intend.
Weldc1jr05:42, 7 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I had a go at fixing it. Don't worry about making a few mistakes when you are new, it is a wiki and someone will fix up any problems :-) To bold you put 3 apostrophes around a word, to italicise you use 2. The first two entries at Wikipedia:Cheatsheet have some examples.--Commander Keane05:48, 7 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
To whom it may concern:
i'm just trying to change the spelling of my brother's middle name in the bold headline & edit is not letting me do that. name is John Tiffin Patterson. In text it is now correct. In title, it says John TiffEn Patterson. that's all i want to change. how can i do it? pls email me as i am not sophisticated enough in this process to think i can find my way back to this location.
aloha and thank you!
Temple
(e-mail address removed to prevent spam)
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username templemaui
have no idea what to do here really —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Templemaui (talk • contribs) 09:35, 7 May 2007 (UTC).[reply]
M y post is subject to be deleted. I don't know what is wrong I have a good story to tell and it's all true. What must i do to have my post not deleted and taken seriously —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Makall0209 (talk • contribs) 15:51, 7 May 2007 (UTC).[reply]
I would like to know what qualifies as "adequate citation". Can comments,quotes,text etc. be taken directly from another source as a means of reinforcing the credibility of an article? Wikipedia rules tell us not to copy text from other websites but if this isn't done how can the article be backed up through appropriate citation?. Please reply at my talk page. Thank You. TerritorialWaters20:49, 7 May 2007 (UTC).[reply]
You can take information from other sites, you just can't cut and paste it word for word. For information you know to be true, that you've written in an article, find websites that back up those claims and cite them as references. See WP:CITE for information on how to cite your references. --LaraLoveTalk/Contribs19:59, 7 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Just a friendly reminder..
If your password is something really obvious/simple/easy to guess..
..change it! For those who haven't heard, there's been a rash of account hijackings--VectorPotentialTalk23:10, 7 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
To sign in, have a look at the top left right corner of your screen, where you will see the button "Sign in/Create an account" (or similar, I can't remember the exact wording.) Click on this, and in the Log-in box, you will see the words "Don't have an account? Create one." Click on "create one". Then follow the instructions on that page.
You mean the top right corner. At least that's where that link is in the standard skin people who aren't logged in see. - Mgm|(talk)10:05, 8 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
How can I set the WIKIPEDIA as my homepage? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mad 16 (talk • contribs)
It depends on the browser you're using. In the Internet Explorer you can select "Tools" then "Internet Options" and type the URL in the right box. Or go to the main page and hit the "use current page" as homepage option if you have it. - Mgm|(talk)10:03, 8 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The Main Page's URL is http://en.wikipedia.org (use www instead of en for the multilanguage search page). --ais523 12:10, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
If you click on edit, then scroll to the bottom of the page, you'll see a list of special characters, if you click on them, they'll appear in the edit window, for instance, clicking on β produces the Greek symbol Beta--VectorPotentialTalk13:05, 8 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Articles proposed for deletion
Hello, I have recently created two articles:Rise of nationalism in Europe and Monarchy in Britain and France 1154-1314. These two articles have both been proposed for deletion by the same user. Can you tell me if these articles will or will not be deleted and if a decision has been made on both articles. If these two articles are fit to remain on wikipedia can the deletion tags please be removed. Thank You. TerritorialWaters16:42, 8 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hello. The deletion tags will disappear as soon as a reviewing admin closes each AfD debate. As I wrote on your talk page the other day, you shouldn't have long to wait before that happens (as long as a reasnable number of responses have been posted) and the article that we were discussing has - and this is a guess only - a fairly good chance of staying. But I'm not into making predictions, and I haven't seen the other discussion yet. Assume good faith with regard to the nominations; that the same editor made both noms is just a result of how information and articles come to light, ie. via a user's contribs and via links between articles. Plus recent changes as well of course. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Adrian M. H. (talk • contribs) 17:52, 8 May 2007 (UTC).[reply]
Spanish names, use of accents
Can someone show me where to find the style manual section that addresses the use of accents in the names of Spanish individuals? I'm just curious to read the policy on this, I found some general information about the use of accents but was hoping for something more specific. Ronnymexico17:39, 8 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This is just my advice: Use accents whenever they apply, even in page titles. I use them even in accented words such as début. Every common combination of letter and accent is available in the wiki-markup box. AdrianM. H.17:56, 8 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I would like to add that it could be a good idea to immediately create a redirect for the same names in page titles without accents, because for users without accents in their native language, it can be hard to remember where to put them and in which direction they should be. Lova Falk18:00, 8 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Your question is made a little unclear by the fact that we can "move" articles in order to rename them, so I'll give you two answers:
If you wish to rename an image, you have to re-upload it and request the deletion of the original, then sort out all the article links, because images do not have a Move tab. This is only done when there is a very good reason, because it creates a bit of upheaval.
If you wish to remove an image thumbnail from one article and use it in another, then be bold and do so, as long as you have a good reason for it. Just delete the image link from article A and add it in an appropriate place to article B. AdrianM. H.21:29, 8 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
A link is red if it doesn't point to an actual article; for users, this means that their username will be red if they haven't set up a user page (unless they've got some HTML to change the color). Veinor(talk to me)20:31, 8 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Renaming an article
How can I change the main heading on the article I wrote? It came out with small caps rather than initial caps. This part of the article isn't in the text I entered, but is the heading assigned to the article automatically (I guess) when I started it.
My instance of the special page My Watchlist shows a warning about the use of strong passwords; near the top, under the announcement about Wikimania. I have a few problems with it.
It does not indicate if it is broadcast spam (e.g. maybe this is "Strong Password Awareness Week") or a bot analyzed my password and found it wanting. There is a huge difference; if my car dinged every time anyone in the world forgot to buckle his seat belt, I'd have to disconnect the bell.
The Dismiss feature suspends the message for one week. There is no indicated way to get rid of the warning permanently.
The special pages list says to ask about particular special pages on the talk pages of corresponding system messages. I looked at all the listed messages with "password" and none of them is this "Strong Password" warning, so I don't know where to ask about this.
Probably I should go and look at the talk pages of the password pages, but this issue concerns administrators spamming about passwords, not passwords themselves. Pete St.John14:39, 9 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
With issues such as this, it is a good idea to keep one or more Village Pump sections on your watchlist. It has come up at WP:VPT today. It is not spam as such, but every editor will see it, together with a similar message on the login page if they login manually. As you can see from the discussion, there is a very good reason behind it. AdrianM. H.14:55, 9 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This is Strong Password Awareness Week, more or less; everyone gets the message (it'll probably be removed from the watchlist sometime soon). There have recently been cases where accounts were compromised due to their password being guessed, so it's pretty much an awareness campaign (together with improved security measures elsewhere) to help prevent similar incidents in the future. --ais523 15:03, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
That's great, I'm all in favor of password strength awareness, but the text should indicate it is a broadcast, and not directed at specific users, so as not to provoke people like me into wasting bandwidth like this. Thanks for replies though. Pete St.John16:13, 9 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The authors of watchlist notices probably just haven't thought about new editors who might be unsure about them, simply because they are occur fairly regularly (perhaps once every couple of months). For the most part, the system is used to highlight particularly important discussions. AdrianM. H.17:27, 9 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Wiki Demos
I'm a technology trainer and one of the reasons why teachers don't like wikipedia and steer their kids away from it is because they do not trust it. So to prove the reliability of wikipedia, I will often go to a site and type in a very small error or bias POV and show them how quickly things get fixed. However, I've received warnings about doing this and don't want to be blocked. So, what's the best way I can show teachers the self-policing of wikipedia withoug getting blocked? Mike Hasley13:10, 9 May 2007
I'd use the recent changes special pages to troll for vandalism (which is what editors do to catch vandalism) but then, instead of fixing the vandalism (as editors do), put those pages on your watchlist. You can then note how quickly, and how many, vandalisms get fixed, withoug causing any yourself. There's plenty of petty vandalism, absolutely no need to make any of your own :-) Pete St.John16:17, 9 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
More can be said about the distrust in Academia, however. Many scholars dislike Wiki because of the anonymity; the wiki article itself does not credit authorship to a specific person. I'd argue that the precepts of good scholarship still hold: 1) Peer Review, at the heart of good scholarship. Here, we participate actively with the peer review process dynamically with the publication; that is, the processes are in parallel instead of sequential, but actually more transparent than anonymous peer reviewers selected by editorial boards. 2) Wiki is not a primary source. Original work is published elsewhere and Wiki merely glosses and references that work. Authors should generally not cite Wiki, but cite the references cited by Wiki, after first checking them. Pete St.John16:21, 9 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Images and references have me stumped
Hi,
I'm a new contributor to Wikipedia and I'm just trying to find my way around. Please reply to my talk page if you would - I'm still new here.
I have two questions:
1. Before I had a sign-in, I posted an image in an article that I photographed myself of an object I owned and posted it to my personal website and placed a request for it to be uploaded to Wikipedia - the way I thought I should according to the instructions. But nothing happened for a long time, then the upload request disappeared from the article (couldn't find it in the deletion log either). So obviously I'm all turned around on what to do if I have an image to contribute. I did find it bewildering to have to choose a copyright method among so many. Can someone point me to a concise guide to posting contributed images on Wikipedia? I mean, maybe I chose the wrong copyright method and made it impossible for you to use it??
2. I see 4 major types of referencing:
referring to something within Wikipedia
referring to something outside, but on the Web
"citation needed"
referring to something outside, but in some other media, besides the Web
Mostly I have trouble with the first 3. What I need is a step by step how-to for each of these. A manual of style - so that when I do them, the look like the Wikipedia style I see in other articles. Believe it or not, I've spent at least 3 hours looking for it so far, in various places, and another hour trying various means in various articles and I still haven't figured it out.
I'm perfectly willing to write the manual of style if it doesn't exist - if you help me by telling me a list of tasks for each of them. I'll figure out how to accomplish the tasks in a step by step way. But if it does exist, and I just haven't found it yet, let me know where it is, because I think I'm trying to reinvent the wheel.
Thanks! and please reply to my Talk Page if you would...
The easiest way is to add the link to the reference (if it is a web page) surrounded by <ref></ref> tags (don't copy the nowiki ones!). So, you could use <ref>http://www.somesite.com/somepage</ref> (again, the nowiki tags are to prevent the text from being converted in a reference, you should not use them) after the sentence. Remember to add a References section with {{reflist|1}} or <references />. If you don't have a link, you can add the name of the book or magazine and page. Example:
There are instructions here for several different methods. In practice, what I usually do is find an article whose reference style I like, then click on "edit this page" to copy the code for the referencing. -FisherQueen (Talk) 18:02, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
There are some helper templates, like {{cite web}}, {{cite book}} and {{cite news}} you may want to check later. For now, the easiest way is to use a link surrounded by the ref tags, others can format them later if necessary. -- ReyBrujo18:00, 9 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
There are instructions here for several different methods. In practice, what I usually do is find an article whose reference style I like, then click on "edit this page" to copy the code for the referencing. -FisherQueen (Talk) 18:02, 9 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The guy in the picture is soviet, so maybe he's also the kind of guy that hung around in bars in the late 1960s in a cool way, making him a red cat. The picture on his page -Hovhannes Bagramyan is very red. David Adam Lewis22:50, 9 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Why do user pages appear in category lists?
If you look at a category (such as 1986 Films), there are user pages in there which have obviously been marked as categories.
If you see a userpage incorrectly in a category, you can edit the userpage to remove it (by removing the [[Category:whatever]] bit from the page); you could also consider asking the user whose userpage it is to remove it on their talkpage. Userpages shouldn't appear in mainspace categories (categories with 'User' or 'Wikipedia'/'Wikipedian' in their name are fine). If you do edit someone else's userpage, make sure you note what you're doing in the edit summary. Hope that helps! --ais523 10:36, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
Thanks- I've just edited the userpages that I spotted to take out the categories, so they don't show any more. Will do the same to any more I find!
Somerandomnerd11:52, 10 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
(+996)
When I add a new article, I went to my watch page, and it had this number, (+number). What is this for, and what does it mean?¿?
MaddiekateMaddiekate
Hmm, that's interesting. Are you sure anyone could be hacking in to your account? Other than that that is something that should never happen. This is what I suggest, simply visit the page and unwatch, if it comes back on, please alert us again. Hope this helps, Cheers!--Jupiter1203:55, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
That's not hacking. The page was probably automatically added to your watchlist because you created it. You can change that in your preferences. The number indicates the number of bits (aka characters) added or removed from the page. +996 indicates you added you added nearly a 1000 characters to it. The same thing can be seen on Special:Recentchanges. It's particularly useful in spotting people who blank articles. - Mgm|(talk)12:32, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
User category
I'm a psychologist and would like to be identified as such. Do I have to put the ugly userbox on my userpage or is there another way in which I can link my user page to the Category wikipedian psychologists? Lova Falk10:34, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No userboxes needed. You can just categorize your userpage in any of the Wikipedian categories just like you can categorize articles. See Wikipedia:Categorization. If you look at the history for your userpage, you can see I added the category for you and if you look at the source you can see how I did it. - Mgm|(talk)12:37, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Basically, all that you need to do is resize it locally and re-upload it to the same location. And please don't forget to sign your comments. AdrianM. H.11:48, 12 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Kay Lynette Sorg
Kay Lynette Sorg was arrested Tuesday April 8th 2007 for Sexual Assault. She is currently being held in Santa Rita Jail in Dublin on suspician of 13 felony accounts. Her former student who was between 14-17 from 1990-1994 when the acts were supposidly commited contacted the Albany Unified School District six months ago of the acts. The school district contact police who launched a six month investigation including searching both Ms. Sorg's home and classroom. Sorg had been teaching at the school for over 25 years and was a well known teacher for her enthusiasm and support. Since the arrest many of Ms. Sorg's former students have created blogs and facebook groups in her support including "Free Sorgy" a group which now has over 150 members. Albany California, a square mile town, known for its strong public schools is currently in shock. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Amyrinaldi (talk • contribs) 16:41, 11 May 2007 (UTC).[reply]
how to creat a page
how do i create my own page. i typed in the word autogration and there were no entries for that. I want to add something for this but am unaware of how to do that. can you please tell me how? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Malibulew (talk • contribs) 22:27, 11 May 2007 (UTC).[reply]
How and where do I suggest a new article to be created? Because someone should do one about the Internet Phenomenon that this guy named Ryan Fitzgerald started. He posted his phone number on YouTube. He's got over 12,000 calls to date. Apparently, the president of T-Mobile is now going to let him get and give calls for free. He's been contacted by google and a number of talk shows to speak about his experience.
How do I know when an article I am submitting that has been tagged for "notability" has been adaquately improved (i.e. Texas Shakespeare Festival)? Thank you —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jebarb (talk • contribs) 05:45, 12 May 2007 (UTC).[reply]
If you find it difficult to assess the article against Wikipedia's requirements, you can ask an experienced editor to assess it for you, either ono-to-one or at RFF or EA. AdrianM. H.11:59, 12 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Searching on a name
I created an entry for a person whose name was Francisco Vicente Aguilera. If you search on the word "Aguilera" you get a list of people who have a surname of Aguilera, but Francisco Vicente doesn't appear on that list. How do I get his name to appear on that list? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Yodel553 (talk • contribs) 10:57, 12 May 2007 (UTC).[reply]
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